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STAFF REPORT • March 1, 2021
The current pandemic has taken a toll on the nation’s population and has no boundaries with respect to ethnicity, class, age or gender. The only common theme arising from COVID-19 is that Latinos and Blacks are the moist impacted populations.
The pandemic has also caused the economy to ground to a halt causing huge unemployment and strains on family budgets. In many cases it has caused major food insecurity for families struggling to make ends meet. In the midst of widespread food insecurity, many cities have stepped in to allay these food challenges by providing massive food giveaways, including the City of Pico Rivera which has co-hosted Food Distribution Drives since the pandemic began.
Lucille’s 1913 to hold MLK Day food drives in Fort Bend, Fifth Ward
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Lucille s 1913 volunteers preparing meal packages (JENN DUNCAN)
Lucille’s 1913, a non-profit run by Lucille’s chef-owner Chris Williams, will donate thousands of meals at food drives in Fort Bend County and Houston’s Fifth Ward on Monday, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, according to a release.
At 11 a.m., Lucille’s 1913 will host two Food Distribution Drives in partnership with Fort Bend County. At each location, 1,000 meals and 500 personal protective equipment kits will be distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis.
The Fort Bend County food drives will operate at: